Blind Luck one of the uspet victims on Super Saturday

ARCADIA  Now that Super Saturday is over, here’s what horse racing’s biggest day of the year delivered at Santa Anita Park, home of California’s newly refurbished dirt track in the San Gabriel Valley.

There were two upsets early, none bigger than Zazu winning the Lady’s Secret over Blind Luck.

Zazu’s win wasn’t nearly as shocking as Blind Luck finishing out of the money for the first time in 22 races. The 4-year-old filly, ranked third in the country, was seventh and last in the Lady’s Secret, 19 lengths behind Zazu. Earlier in the day, Blind Luck’s arch rival, Havre de Grace, made a shambles of the Beldame Invitational at Belmont Park to stay in the lead for Horse of the Year honors.

Zazu, ridden by jockey Joel Rosario, is owned by Ann and Jerry Moss and trained by John Sadler. She rallied from fourth at the top of the stretch and finish a half-length ahead of Ultra Blend.

“She’s been a little unlucky in a couple of races, but to me, this is your top 3-year-old filly in the country,” Sadler said of Zazu. “We have a win over Turbulent Descent. We’re 2-1 against Plum Pretty, and a signature win today.”

Prior to Zazu’s upset in the Lady’s Secret, Creative Cause, a talented 2-year-old colt owned by Heinz Steinmann and trained by Mike Harrington, set the upset tone early by beating Drill by 3¼ lengths in the $250,000, Grade I Norfolk Stakes for 2-year-olds.

Harrington, who was extra ornery with the media after the win, said Creative Cause, who was ridden by Rosario, will race in the Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. The Steinmann family sees the colt running in the Kentucky Derby.

Baffert, who trains Drill, said he learned a lot from the race and will make some adjustments with the colt, who had already qualified for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile with his big win in the Del Mar Futurity.

Baffert’s Game on Dude, the 8-5 favorite in the Grade I, $250,000 Goodwood Stakes, restored order to the big day by holding on to beat Awesome Gem by a half-length. Chantal Sutherland won her second Grade I on Game on Dude, with the first being the Santa Anita Handicap earlier this year. She was the first woman jockey to win the Santa Anita Handicap, and now she's the first to win the Goodwood.

“I had six stakes in today, and I won two of them,” Baffert said of his other win with Plum Pretty in the Grade II, $750,000 Cotillion at Parx Racing in Philadelphia. “At least I didn’t get the big donut, because sometimes that can happen.”

Rosario had a giant day, riding winners in three of the four Grade 1s. He won the final Grade I, the $250,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes aboard Dubawi Heights for trainer Simon Callaghan. Dubawi Heights, the race favorite, beat Cozi Rosie by three-quarters of a length.

“I don’t think I’ve ever won three Grade Is in one day,” Rosario said.

Notes: Paddock guard John Shear, 90, was honored after the third race for his heroic action March 12 when he shielded a 6-year-old girl from a runaway horse just outside the walking ring at Santa Anita and suffered massive injuries . . . Mudville Nine, a 2-year-old gelding owned and trained by Craig Lewis, broke down on the new dirt track in the third race and was euthanized.